They were unrelated. That direction came from within the team. ()
I mean, not dramatically. Kaplan went to his new team with a couple of dudes, but 90% of the team stayed. ()
I'm one of Kaplan's biggest fans, but he would be the first to tell you that it's about the team, not the leader. ()
Players not infrequently confuse "communicates a lot" with "must be in charge." ()
For the non-raiders, leveling alt #6 was starting to lose its luster. Those players had no endgame. ()
They had dungeons, kinda, but a few new dungeons alone don't provide months of new content. You exhaust them quickly. ()